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Author
Purser, D. A. | Gwynne, S. M. V.
Title
Identifying Critical Evacuation Factors and the Application of Egress Models.
Coporate
Hartford Environmental Research, UK Hughes Associates, Inc., Baltimore, MD
Report
Volume 1,
Book or Conf
Interflam 2007. (Interflam '07). International Interflam Conference, 11th Proceedings. Volume 1. September 3-5, 2007, London, England, 203-214 p., 2007
Keywords
egress | evacuation | escape means | human behavior | occupants | scenarios | evaluation | people movement | flow rate | stairways | stairwells
Identifiers
performance-based design and forensic analyses of escape behavior; evacuation behaviors and escape times (Required Safe Escape Time (RSET); parameters (especially behavioural parameters); parameters amenable to calculations; warning and pre-travel activity time (PTAT) distributions; design behavioural scenarios and occupancy types; travel-PTAT interactions; factors affecting travel and flow into and through escape routes; stair capacity; merge ratios at storey exits